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by TimW
Thu Jul 02, 2015 10:12 pm
Forum: Tech Support
Topic: iOS Crashes
Replies: 7
Views: 3977

Re: iOS Crashes

Just posted you the UDID.
by TimW
Tue Jun 30, 2015 9:51 pm
Forum: Pike & Shot
Topic: RELEASED! Yari & Teppo (MAJOR Pike & Shot Japanese mod)
Replies: 17
Views: 15690

Re: RELEASED! Yari & Teppo (MAJOR Pike & Shot Japanese mod)

Just tried an iPad (Air) skirmish game against the AI. So far the mod seems to work pretty well.
by TimW
Sun Jun 28, 2015 5:09 pm
Forum: Pike & Shot
Topic: Battle Academy ends!!! What will happen to P&S?
Replies: 15
Views: 4202

Re: Battle Academy ends!!! What will happen to P&S?

rbodleyscott wrote:We will be migrating to Slitherine's forthcoming new engine which is much more flexible yet is backward compatible.
64 bit for iOS compatability? OS X version (at present quite a few games in the web shop have a "Mac" link but no OS X version as yet)?
by TimW
Sun Jun 28, 2015 5:05 pm
Forum: Pike & Shot
Topic: Pike and Shot suggestions
Replies: 152
Views: 34857

Re: Pike and Shot suggestions

I suspect the Japanese defeat against Korea was largely similar in cause to their defeat in 1945. After a very good start, once the opposing forces included powers with greater population, greater economic resources and a willingness to continue the war through to victory, Japanese defeat was only a...
by TimW
Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:09 pm
Forum: Tech Support
Topic: iOS Crashes
Replies: 7
Views: 3977

Re: iOS Crashes

Hm. Seems no-one is interested.....
by TimW
Tue Jun 23, 2015 9:13 pm
Forum: Pike & Shot
Topic: What about the Great Northern War?
Replies: 19
Views: 6387

Re: What about the Great Northern War?

There's also the later 17th century Dutch wars, James II's attempt to keep his throne firstly against Monmouth then against William of Orange and the British parliament. Stuart family get-togethers must have been great fun, considering James' daughter and son-in-law were quite happy to pop over the ...
by TimW
Mon Jun 22, 2015 9:33 pm
Forum: Tech Support
Topic: Ipad frequent crashes.
Replies: 0
Views: 1121

Ipad frequent crashes.

I'm getting very frequent crashes, often after playing a few turns of a mission and once in a while at other points as well. The crashes are most frequent on clicking to move to next turn. Some are when a unit is moved or ordered to fire. These are less frequent but once one happens they seem to kee...
by TimW
Mon Jun 22, 2015 9:24 pm
Forum: Warhammer® 40,000® Armageddon™
Topic: Warhammer 40,000 Armageddon - 1.08a Hotfix
Replies: 11
Views: 8156

Re: Warhammer 40,000 Armageddon - 1.08a Hotfix

Ah. OK. I'll post the crash related stuff in the technical support forum.
by TimW
Sat Jun 20, 2015 10:06 pm
Forum: Tech Support
Topic: iOS Crashes
Replies: 7
Views: 3977

Re: iOS Crashes

Same here. iPad Air, iOS 8.3.
by TimW
Sat Jun 20, 2015 10:04 pm
Forum: News & Announcements
Topic: Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon is releasing today on iPad!
Replies: 7
Views: 13394

Re: Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon is releasing today on iPad!

But that mean that you can just purchase the package for iPad and not for PC... Not that nice... Complain to Apple, they run the iOS app store and as far as I know there's no mechanism possible to buy a game as an iOS and PC (or even Mac) bundle. The plus side is that because iOS can only install f...
by TimW
Sat Jun 20, 2015 9:58 pm
Forum: Warhammer® 40,000® Armageddon™
Topic: Warhammer 40,000 Armageddon - 1.08a Hotfix
Replies: 11
Views: 8156

Re: Warhammer 40,000 Armageddon - 1.08a Hotfix

The iOS version crashes and sometimes won't move on when deployment is ended as well.

I assume the patch is also being sent to Apple for the app store (whenever Apple get roujd to making it available)?
by TimW
Sat Apr 25, 2015 2:22 am
Forum: Pike & Shot
Topic: Kiels charging cavalry
Replies: 14
Views: 3834

Re: Kiels charging cavalry

The Swiss were reputed to charge cavalry on occasion. In game terms I suspect the ability is there as much as anything to prevent a player blocking opposing kiels from moving simply by sticking some horse in the way that the pikes can't do a thing about. As for the Swiss pursuing cavalry, well, they...
by TimW
Sat Apr 25, 2015 2:13 am
Forum: Pike & Shot
Topic: Pike & Shot or Battle Academy for iPad?
Replies: 5
Views: 1697

Re: Pike & Shot or Battle Academy for iPad?

From a playing against the AI point of view, the AI in BA2 is pretty good and can come up with some surprises, though generally beatable once you get the hang of the required tactics. The AI in Pike & Shot can be quite merciless, especially in some of the historical scenarios, and can provide a ...
by TimW
Sat Apr 18, 2015 1:35 am
Forum: Pike & Shot
Topic: Pike and Shot suggestions
Replies: 152
Views: 34857

Re: Pike and Shot suggestions

The Ai is particulary good at this! Isn't it just. I'm sure I've actually seen the AI manoeuvre units ready in anticipation to hit one of mine in flank and rear when it wins a melee and pursues. If I've a gripe with P&S it's over pursuit. The tendency of units to go racing into the midst of the...
by TimW
Sat Apr 18, 2015 1:22 am
Forum: Pike & Shot
Topic: Pike and Shot suggestions
Replies: 152
Views: 34857

Re: Pike and Shot suggestions

I don't think Vietnam War ammunition usage/casualty rates are much help at all in the 16th and 17th century. Far too many changes in military technology and consequently tactics for any meaningful comparison. As for trying to intimidate the enemy, blocks of thousands of oncoming merciless Swiss, adv...
by TimW
Tue Apr 14, 2015 10:05 pm
Forum: Pike & Shot
Topic: Pike and Shot suggestions
Replies: 152
Views: 34857

Re: Pike and Shot suggestions

OK, so what do we know for certain? Firearms were considerably more expensive than bows. Gunpowder required a manufactury production system and there was no way you could make gunpowder "in the field" because of the raw materials required. Yet pretty much every organised state whose infant...
by TimW
Sun Apr 12, 2015 6:17 pm
Forum: Pike & Shot
Topic: Pike and Shot suggestions
Replies: 152
Views: 34857

Re: Pike and Shot suggestions

[url] I don't think gunpowder was any easier to come by than arrows. For example, getting salpetre was quite intensive. Quoteing J.R. Hale "War and society in Renaissance Europe": "The best source being earth which had become saturated with urine or faeces, animal or human: sheepfolds...
by TimW
Sat Apr 11, 2015 3:25 am
Forum: Pike & Shot
Topic: Unit differentiation?
Replies: 4
Views: 1747

Re: Unit differentiation?

Personally I'd like to see more variation in the coat colours of P&S armies. The 16th century Swiss and Landsknechts went in for all kinds of finery and Thirty Years War armies tended to get scruffier and scruffier as time went on and money ran out until by the 1640s pretty much everyone but the...
by TimW
Sat Apr 11, 2015 2:16 am
Forum: Pike & Shot
Topic: Pike and Shot suggestions
Replies: 152
Views: 34857

Re: Pike and Shot suggestions

Interesting discussion. On the subject of the demise of the English longbow, one thing that's rarely mentioned is the difficulty of ammunition supply. To keep the 14th and 15th century English armies in France supplied with arrows firstly required a huge agricultural, manufacturing and logistical ef...
by TimW
Wed Mar 11, 2015 12:23 am
Forum: Pike & Shot
Topic: A plea for commanders
Replies: 17
Views: 4523

Re: A plea for commanders

It was the honjin and associated staff and messenger corps I was primarily thinking of and absolutely agree any Japanese army should have one. Its generals halloping hither and thither spreading their personal influence I have less enthusiasm for. Especially as far from all armies were tied to the W...

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